梁
liáng
variant of 梁[liang2]
water (氵) + cut (刅) + wood (木) = wooden beam over water
A beam bridges water, typically resting on wooden supports — 木 grounds the structural meaning, while 氵 and 刅 evoke the dangerous current a bridge must span. The character captures both the timber construction and the waterway it crosses.
屋顶的大梁支撑着整个房子。
wū dǐng de dà liáng zhī chēng zhe zhěng gè fáng zi。
The main beam of the roof supports the whole house.
工人们把那根梁小心地放到了正确的位置。
gōng rén men bǎ nà gēn liáng xiǎo xīn de fàng dào le zhèng què de wèi zhì。
The workers carefully placed that beam into the correct position.
Words with 梁
梁子湖
liáng zi hú
see 梁子湖區|梁子湖区[Liang2 zi5 hu2 Qu1]
栋梁
dòng liáng
ridgepole
脊梁
jǐ liáng
backbone
脊梁
jǐ liang
(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
逼上梁山
bī shàng liáng shān
driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels
铜梁区
tóng liáng qū
Tongliang, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
铜梁
tóng liáng
see 銅梁區|铜梁区[Tong2 liang2 Qu1]
钢梁
gāng liáng
steel beam
雕梁画栋
diāo liáng huà dòng
richly ornamented (building)
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)